ABC News expands coverage of 'Superstorm Sandy' on Tuesday

Press release

ABC
News to broadcast special one-hour edition of "World News with
Diane Sawyer"

Diane
Sawyer and Chris Cuomo to anchor "A Special Edition of 20/20: The
Perfect Storm"

"Nightline"
to broadcast a special edition dedicated to covering the aftermath of
Sandy

Throughout
the day, ABC News' "Extreme Weather Team" will provide viewers
with the whole picture of how the Hurricane Sandy has impacted the
East Coast and beyond. Over the past 24 hours, ABC News has deployed
more than two-dozen correspondents and anchors to cover "Superstorm
Sandy" for its broadcasts, digital platforms, affiliates and radio
newscasts.

On
Tuesday, ABC News will air a special
one-hour edition
of "World News with Diane Sawyer" at 6:30 p.m. The broadcast will
have the latest on how the 50 million Americans caught in the storm's
path were effected, the potential economic impact, updates on transit
shutdowns, as well as the implications for the upcoming election.

Sawyer
and Chris Cuomo will co-anchor "A Special Edition of 20/20: The
Perfect Storm" at 10 p.m., taking viewers inside the harrowing
stories of determination by those caught in the storm's path.

In
addition, ABC will air a special edition of "Nightline" dedicated
to covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy from 11:35 p.m. until
midnight Terry Moran will anchor from New Jersey with reporting from
his co-anchors Cynthia McFadden in New York and Bill Weir on the
front edge of the storm in Ohio. Plus, Juju Chang will report on the
impact of Sandy on New York City.

ABC
News will have anchors and correspondents reporting from across the
impacted coastline throughout the day on Tuesday:

•ABC
News Weather Editor Sam
Champion reports
from New York City along with "20/20" co-anchor Cuomo
and "Nightline" correspondent
Chang.

•"World
News" weekend anchor David
Muir reports
on the evacuation
of New York University Langone Medical Center.

•"20/20"
co-anchor Elizabeth
Vargas
reports from Breezy Point in Queens.

•MeteorologistGinger
Zee reports
from the Jersey Shore where the storm made landfall.

•"Nightline"
co-anchor
Moran
makes the journey up the Jersey coastline.

•"Nightline"
co-anchor
Weir
reports from front edge of the storm in Ohio.

•Alex
Perez
reports from New Jersey where rescues are under way.

•Michelle
Charlesworth,
of ABC's owned station in New York WABC, reports from Staten
Island.

•Matt
Gutman reports
from North Carolina.

•Ron
Claiborne reports
from Long Island.

•David
Kerley reports
from Delaware.

•Linsey
Davis reports
from Northern New Jersey.

•Lisa
Stark reports
from the West Virginia/Maryland area.

•Dan
Harris
reports on use of social media throughout the storm.

•Senior
White House Correspondent Jake
Tapper and
Senior Political Correspondent Jonathan
Karl
have the latest on how the storm is impacting the election.

ABC
News will have up-to-the-minute coverage across its digital and
social platforms as well as on Yahoo!. For complete, continuing storm
coverage from the ABC News "Extreme Weather Team," check out the
Hurricane Sandy live
blog andspecial
landing page.
ABCNews.com will be producing live, multi-stream digital coverage
throughout the day. ABC News Digital live coverage streams are
available across all ABC digital platforms and apps as well as here:http://www.abcnews.com/live.

ABC
NewsOne, the affiliate news service of ABC News, will be providing
live and taped reports to its domestic and international clients
throughout the day from the following correspondents:

•TJ
Winick
reporting from Cape May, N.J.

•Tahman
Bradley
reporting from Ocean City, Md.

•Brandi
Hitt
reporting from New
York University Langone Medical Center

ABC
News will be working closely with local stations and affiliates up
and down the East Coast throughout the coming days as it covers the
storm's impact.